Children injured in Birmingham as minibus hits lamppost
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The collision happened on Soho Road in Handsworth at lunchtime (generic image)
Four children have been taken to hospital after a minibus crashed in Birmingham.
A man and 14 children were checked by paramedics, the fire service said, after the minibus was in collision with a car before hitting a lamppost.
The children were taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital but their injuries in the crash, at 12:50 GMT on Soho Road, Handsworth, were not serious.
The driver has been spoken to by officers, West Midlands Police said.
Ch Insp Clark Gardener said: "I'd like to thank the community that came to help the children, offering them shelter from the cold in a shop."
Inquiries into the cause of the crash were continuing, police said.
Three fire engines were deployed to the scene and the minibus and car involved were made safe.
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